Baseball Preview: Skyline Eagles vs. West Panthers
The Skyline Eagles will look to defend their home field on Monday against the West Panthers at 3:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Skyline has four straight victories, West has 15 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Skyline is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They came out on top against Highland by a score of 22-18 on Friday. With that win, Skyline brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.
Peyton PapaDakis was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. PapaDakis was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-5.
In other pitching news, Charlie Billick looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, Brooks Walker and Nico Wharton did most of the damage at the plate: Walker went 4-for-6 with a home run, four stolen bases, and six RBI, while Wharton fired off two home runs, six RBI, and three runs while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances. Walker continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Jaggi, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for West's offense. They lost 17-0 to Olympus on Friday.
Skyline is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-13 record this season. As for West, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-20.
Skyline came out on top in a nail-biter against West in their previous meeting back in March of 2021, sneaking past 4-3. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was West's JJ Arellano, who struck out seven batters over 7.1 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits. Now that he won't be playing on Monday, will it be that much easier for Skyline to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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